Provides the latest RSS feeds for Central America News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page El Salvador News.net http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/cat/1e6da80e3bfca450/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 30 Mexican David Liao Gonzalez Sunday became the first climber to double summit on Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, in the same season, the climb's organizers said. Liao Gonzalez reached the top of the world via both the north and south sides of Everest, Asian Trekking said. The 33-year-old Liao Gonzalez reached the summit of Everest Sunday via the Tibetan north side after climbing to ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214625035/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214625035/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a series of business meetings to boost bilateral trade. Meade told a press conference that, on the topic of trade, "right now that is Mexico's goal", but that at present there is no intention to negotiate free-trade agreements with Brazil. "There's a mutual ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214624563/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214624563/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Rios Montt was found guilty of overseeing the killings by the armed forces of at least 1,771 members of the Maya Ixil population during his 1982-83 rule in ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214655008/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:29:18 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214655008/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Jos Efran Rios Montt, the general who ruled Guatemala during the dirty war of 1982 and 1983, was sentenced on May 10 to 80 years in prison--50 for genocide and 30 for crimes against humanity. The court found him guilty in the killing of 1,771 Mayan natives in the Department of Quich--a fraction of all those that died during his term in office. The trial determined that the victims were brutally ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654160/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:07:54 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654160/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The decision by Guatemala's Constitutional Court was a dramatic legal victory for General Ros Montt, 86, and a blow to human rights advocates who had called his conviction a sign that Guatemala's courts would no longer allow impunity for the country's ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654161/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:41:48 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654161/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mexican army soldiers enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops. Hundreds of people in the state of Michoacan have taken up arms to defend their villages against drug gangs, a vigilante movement born of frustration at extortion, ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654163/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:22 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214654163/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The pregnant woman has lupus and doctors say her baby has anencephaly, a total or partial absence of the brain and the skull. Source: Quest Newspapers A pregnant, chronically ill Salvadoran woman testified before the Supreme Court to urge the justices to allow her to proceed with an an abortion that could save her life. Abortions are strictly forbidden in El Salvador, where the sentence for ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652335/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:08 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652335/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 After being terminated from her job as Medley Assistant Town Clerk two weeks ago, things got better very quickly for Mary Taylor last week when a special meeting was called and she was reinstated to her old ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652337/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:59 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652337/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The frantic family of a missing B.C. man feared kidnapped in Mexico is praying for his safe return.Diego Hernandez, 22, disappeared in Puerto Vallarta on May 8 along with his American business partner, Craig Silva, 31.Three days before the pair disappeared, Hernandez, a mixed martial arts instructor, had mounted a successful, high-profile MMA event."It was a very exciting time for him," ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652169/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:29 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214652169/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Two Countries One Voice and its campaign against Slim in the United States of being a corporate smear campaign as opposed to a grassroots movement against the Mexican billionaire's "monopolistic practices", as the group claimed. In a complaint filed Monday with ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214650086/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:26 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214650086/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Containerized export volume from Australasia/Oceania to South and Central America steeply declined in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214649127/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:16 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214649127/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 set backs and controversies that delayed the trial time and time again, Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. Guatemala's Constitutional Court is presently reviewing the 718-page ruling for discrepancies that occurred throughout the hearings to see if the verdict was reached while following legal protocol. The ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214642786/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:12 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214642786/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 MEXICO CITY | Mon May 20, 2013 1:54pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped on Monday to a six month low, hit by concerns that local stocks were too expensive after weaker than expected growth data on Friday dampened the economic outlook for 2013. The IPC stock index sank more than 2 percent to 40,934 points, a low not seen since November ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214640233/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:47 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214640233/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The chances were always slim that antivirus founder John McAfee would return to his former mansion in Belize and now he can’t. Last Thursday it burned down, more evidence according to McAfee, that he’s no longer welcome in the country. In a ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214638895/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:00 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214638895/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214638495/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214638495/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Beijing, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Antonio Meade, concluded his two-day visit to China today, with the hope that his requests for more cooperation, trade and investment will be well-received in Beijing's official media. Meade has acknowledged that the current level of relations between Mexico and China has still not reached its potential and it is ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214635951/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:51 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214635951/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Allan Nairn , on the historic conviction of US supported Guatemalan Strongman, Rios Montt, for Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide, and the continuing legal battle to sustain the verdict, and expand the genocide investigation for indigenous justice in Guatemala. In a historic decision, Guatemalan strongman, and close US ally, General Efrain Rios Montt, was convicted by a Guatemalan court, last ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214635952/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:18 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214635952/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Guatemala, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Since last January a total of 482 tremors have been registered in Guatemala, 460 of them without being reported as sensitive, revealed the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH). According to that scientific body, the earthquake of 5.8 degrees occurred on February 17 at Guatemala, department to which this capital ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214633405/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:18 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214633405/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Oscar's Very Mexican Food at 3061 Freeport Blvd. will re-open its fully remodeled Sacramento location in June. Oscars Very Mexican Food at 3061 Freeport Blvd. will re-open its fully remodeled Sacramento location in June. The restaurant closed its Sacramento location in November as it did a complete renovation of the small stand into a restaurant. During the renovation, the kitchen crew has ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214632010/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:09 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214632010/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 "When that part of the world is growing, which it is, it becomes even more interesting to look at production in South America or Central America. So, we are exploring that opportunity ... We're looking at (Africa) as well," he said. He added that the company is particularly looking into countries such ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214629847/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:27:57 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214629847/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The Travel Yogi, specialist in international yoga retreats and yoga adventures, announces late winter/early spring yoga programs in Bali, Maui and El Salvador. "We are gearing up for a banner 2013 season," says Jennifer Hoodevik, founder and director. "We are riding the wave of an industry experiencing tremendous growth and we are responding." According to July 2012 ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214629366/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:15:00 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214629366/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Escalating homicides and violence in the northern cone nations of Central America continue to pose misery and despair for all those in the path. This scourge, perceived to be simply nestled within the narrow chokepoint that is Central America, continues to resonate in a myriad of new adversities and challenges in all ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214628659/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:33 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214628659/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214627345/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:28 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214627345/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The Mexican navy has killed one of the most wanted drug cartel leaders in a clash in northern Mexico's Coahuila state, but his body was later taken from a funeral house, Mexican authorities said Tuesday. The body, according to Mexican authorities, corresponds to Heriberto Lazcano, alias "El Lazca", head of the Los Zetas Cartel. It was in a funeral home where he had been tested ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214625333/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:31:24 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214625333/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Cartagines recorded a controversial come-from-behind 3-1 win over Herediano in the first leg of the Costa Rica Primera Division final.Carlos Johnson, Mauricio Castillo and Randall Brenes were on the scoresheet after Victor Nunez had given the visitors the lead at Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza on Sunday.It puts Cartagines in prime position to claim their fourth league title and first since 1940 ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214623987/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:55:25 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214623987/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Forest fire (Wikipedia) The Guatemalan government is taking serious action in an attempt to control forest fires that have broken out in the Petn area to the north of the country. The fires have reached the Belizean border and large numbers of people are fighting to quell the flames including the forest brigade, army, and air force. The area has been hit by severe drought since April. Yesterday ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214622375/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:59 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214622375/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 A Vancouver man residing in Costa Rica who was shot to death by intruders last week lived a lavish lifestyle, according to a private investigator.Brad Deering, originally from Vancouver, was killed Thursday in a home invasion in the upscale suburb Escazu, southwest of San Jose, local media reported. Mr. Deering, 42, flaunted his wealth and worked in the investment industry, according to a ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214621263/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:02:12 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214621263/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450